Staff picks: 2013 NCAA women's regionals

The Alabama women's golf team after winning the 2013 SEC Championship.

By Golfweek Staff

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

NCAA women’s regionals kick off on May 9 at three sites around the country. The top eight teams in each of the 24-team fields will advance to the national championship, to be played May 21-24 at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga.

Our women’s college golf gurus have predicted which eight teams will advance out of each regional. How did we do last year? Lance Ringler correctly picked 16 of the 24 teams at the national championship. Beth Ann Baldry and Julie Williams correctly picked 15.

Player of the week: Daniela Darquea, Miami

On the final day of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, Golfweek’s No. 2-ranked team in the country squared off against the No. 75-ranked team and had to fight. That’s a good reminder that in match play, anything can happen.

USC tops UCLA, Duke to reach Liz Murphey match-play final

The bracket is set for the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, and now it’s time to watch closely. Consider the next two days a good indicator of what might happen in two months at the NCAA Women’s Championship.